Julian Heicklen, libertarian activist and host of the Tyranny Fighters podcast, was arrested Friday morning, 2011-02-18, on a bench warrant issued after he failed to appear for an arraignment regarding a charge of jury tampering.

It was obvious the US Marshals knew that FIJA activist Julian Heicklen was coming, then again we made enough noise on the Internet about it. As soon as they spotted him in the park near the federal courthouse they were watching. They watched and followed as we approached the court. Julian walked right into the middle of the bunch of them. He was arrested before he could even hand out one pamphlet.

Julian Heicklen is a man I admire in a way that my mastery of the English language fails to find words for. Julian was a dedicated activist, whose focus was on fully informed juries. Julian stood near courthouses and distributed literature explaining to juries their right to nullify bad laws, and free victims of uncontrolled government. He has been arrested for this "crime" in at least 5 states, at least 11 times in Manhattan alone.

This time it started out differently. Adam Mueller and Pete Eyre from Liberty on Tour were there with Antonio Musumeci (otherwise known as "Bile" for his blog, Blog of Bile) and, of course, Julian Heicklen.

Julian Heicklen of FIJA and jury nullification was mentioned on the NBC drama/comedy Harry's Law (season 2, episode 1) about 75% through. It's a pretty mainstream show by the producers of Boston Legal. I've put links to download the show below if anyone is interested.

Orlando, Florida Activist have a great time handing out Juror's rights information in front of the Federal and County Court Houses. Real Fija Activism, upbeat and entertaining fo those who are interested in Jury Nullification and Liberty.

The US government is charging FIJA activist Julian Heicklen with jury tampering. They may be doing this to keep us from informing juries of their power to find dissidents such as Assange and the anti war activists not guilty regardless of what the law says.